♪ WITH LIBERTY FOR ALL ♪

♪ YET STILL I KNOW ♪

♪ THE TRUTH WILL RISE AND FALL ♪

♪ OH, YEAH-EE-AH ♪

♪ THAT'S JUST THE WAY IT GOES ♪

♪ A WORD NOW TO THE WISE ♪

♪ THE WORLD WAS MADE TO CHANGE ♪

♪ EACH DAY IS A SURPRISE ♪

♪ I'M LOOKIN' AT LIFE THROUGH MY OWN EYES ♪

♪ I'M SEARCHIN' FOR A HERO TO IDOLIZE ♪

♪ FEELIN' THE PAIN AS INNOCENCE DIES ♪

♪ I'M LOOKIN' AT LIFE ♪

♪ THROUGH MY OWN EYES ♪

♪ I'LL TAKE MY HEART INTO BATTLE ♪

♪ GIVE THAT FREEDOM BELL A RATTLE ♪

♪ GET MY INDEPENDENCE SIGNED ♪

♪ DECLARE FOR IT ON THE DOTTED LINE ♪

♪ LET PHILADELPHIA FREEDOM RING ♪

♪ AND PATRIOTIC VOICES SING ♪

♪ RED, WHITE, AND BLUE, NEVER GIVE UP ♪

♪ YOU REPRESENT AMERICA ♪

♪ HOPIN' AND PRAYIN' FOR A BRIGHTER DAY ♪

♪ I LISTEN TO MY HEART, AND I OBEY ♪

♪ HOW CAN I SEE IT ANY OTHER WAY? ♪

♪ I'M LOOKIN' AT LIFE ♪

♪ I'M LOOKIN' AT LIFE ♪

♪ THROUGH MY OWN EYES ♪

CAPTIONING MADE POSSIBLE BY DIC ENTERTAINMENT

AND THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

Narrator: HERE ARE SOME EXCITING SCENES FROM TODAY'S EPISODE

OF LIBERTY'S KIDS.

Man: 2 MORE WEEKS, AND MY TERM IS DONE.

LET THE WAR GO TO BLAZES.

I SHALL PUT MY FEET UP AND KEEP MY HEAD DOWN.

Washington, thinking: 18 DAYS TILL ENLISTMENTS RUN OUT

AND ALL MY SOLDIERS MARCH HOME.

WHAT AM I TO DO?

Narrator: THESE ARE THE TIMES THAT TRY MEN'S SOULS.

Sarah: "DEAREST MOTHER,

"FIRST, THE AMERICANS LOST AT FORT WASHINGTON,

"AND THEN AT FORT LEE.

"AND NOW GENERAL HOWE'S ARMY IS A MERE 30 MILES FROM PHILADELPHIA.

"IT IS A DARK HOUR IN THE COLONIES,

"AND MANY HAVE GIVEN UP HOPE.

"WITH SUCH CRUSHING DEFEATS,

"I WONDER HOW LONG IT WILL BE

BEFORE AMERICA LOSES ITS WAR."

"MOSES HAS WRITTEN ME THAT THE CONTINENTAL CONGRESS

"IS FLEEING THE CITY FOR BALTIMORE.

IT WOULD SEEM OUR LEADERS INTEND TO RUN

AND LEAVE US TO THE ENGLISH.

UHH.

IT LOOKS LIKE THE REBELS' CONGRESS IS JUST LIKE THEIR ARMY:

RETREATING.

HUH?

I WISH I WAS WITH GENERAL WASHINGTON.

I WOULD NEVER RETREAT.

Sarah: "DESPITE THEIR SPIRIT AND BRAVERY,

"THE PATRIOTS ARE JUST A TINY DAVID

BEFORE THE HUGE GOLIATH OF HIS MAJESTY'S FORCES."

EXCUSE ME, MOSES. DID I STARTLE YOU?

YOU'RE LEAVING, EZEKIEL?

WORD IS OUR ARMY CANNOT KEEP THE BRITISH FROM MARCHING INTO PHILADELPHIA.

AND I'M NO HERO.

NEITHER AM I.

BUT BEN FRANKLIN IS STAYING OPEN FOR BUSINESS.

WHAT'S THIS?

IT'S FROM MY LITTLE FRENCH FRIEND HENRI.

HE GONE TO LA BOTTLE?

LET ME SEE.

"GOING TO--"

OH, THE BATTLE.

I GUESS THAT BOY IS EVEN MORE FOOLHARDY THAN YOU.

THIS CURSED TOSSING.

WE LIVE IN TURBULENT TIMES, HASTINGS.

IT'S BEST TO ROLL WITH IT.

SPEAKING OF ROLLS...

[GAGS]

NO, THANK YOU.

I HAVE TO TAKE THIS WRETCHED VOYAGE TO FRANCE FOR BUSINESS.

BUT WHY YOU, FRANKLIN?

YOUR FOOLISH REVOLUTION IS OVER.

YOU'LL NEVER GET FRANCE TO JOIN YOUR REBELLION AGAINST THE ENGLISH,

AND WHEN YOUR SOLDIER'S ENLISTMENTS ARE UP AT THE END OF THE MONTH,

YOU WON'T EVEN HAVE AN ARMY.

GENERAL WASHINGTON WILL HAVE MEN.

OHH!

WASHINGTON WINS NO BATTLES.

NO ONE WILL WANT TO SERVE WITH HIM.

THE GENERAL KNOWS THE STAKES.

BEFORE THE MONTH IS UP,

THERE'LL BE A BATTLE HE WILL WIN.

AND IF HE DOESN'T?

IF HE LOSES AGAIN, WHO WILL JOIN THEN?

IF NO ONE ELSE, I SHALL.

YOU DON'T LOOK WELL.

MORE TURKEY?

[GAGS]

[SOLDIERS GROANING]

2 MORE WEEKS, AND MY TERM IS DONE.

LET THE WAR GO TO BLAZES.

I SHALL PUT MY FEET UP AND KEEP MY HEAD DOWN.

JAMES. THERE YOUR ARE.

IS SOMETHING WRONG?

HIM AND THOSE LIKE HIM.

THEY'RE COUNTING THE DAYS TILL THEY LEAVE.

I DON'T UNDERSTAND.

THEY'RE SICK, HALF-FROZEN.

SO? THEY'RE FIGHTING FOR LIBERTY.

JAMES, BE REASONABLE.

THEY'RE NOT PROFESSIONAL SOLDIERS LIKE THE BRITISH.

I'M GOING TO TALK TO GENERAL WASHINGTON.

THERE MUST BE SOMETHING HE CAN DO TO PUT THE FIGHT BACK IN HIS MEN.

FIGHT? THEY CAN'T EVEN STAND.

[SOLDIERS GROANING AND SHIVERING]

UHH!

GENERAL WASHINGTON, GOOD MORNING, SIR.

I WANTED TO ASK YOU SOMETHING.

IF IT'S A STORY YOU'RE LOOKING FOR, MY YOUNG JOURNALIST,

YOU'LL HAVE ONE SHORTLY.

AS A MATTER OF FACT, YOUR TIME--

GENERAL!

READ JUST GAVE ME THE NEWS.

I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU OFFERED

COMMAND OF THE NEW JERSEY FORCES TO GENERAL LEE.

HE'S REPEATEDLY DEFIED YOU. HE'S--

GENERAL GREENE.

PLEASE EXCUSE US.

JAMES, DON'T EAVESDROP.

YAAH!

THIS IS BIG NEWS.

DIDN'T YOU HEAR WHAT GREENE SAID?

GENERAL WASHINGTON IS GIVING GENERAL LEE

COMMAND OF THE FORCES IN NEW JERSEY.

SO?

SO GENERAL LEE REFUSED

TO HELP WASHINGTON WHEN HE NEEDED IT,

AND NOW WASHINGTON ALLOWS LEE FREE REIGN IN NEW JERSEY.

OH, SO IF LEE WINS A BATTLE,

HE'LL BE HAILED AS A HERO

AND THE AMERICANS' BEST GENERAL.

EXACTLY, BUT WHY WOULD WASHINGTON DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT UNLESS...

THAT'S IT!

HE'S GOT SOME BIG SURPRISE TO TURN THINGS AROUND.

YIKES!

AAH!

HENRI, WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?

I STOWED AWAY.

[SNIFFS] OH, ONIONS!

THEY WERE DELICIOUS.

HAVE I MISSED THE BATTLE?

YOU SAW THE LETTER

GENERAL LEE WROTE READ.

BY ACCIDENT.

LEE WISHES YOU REPLACED BY HIMSELF.

SIR, PLEASE.

IF YOU LET HIM ACT INDEPENDENTLY IN NEW JERSEY,

A VICTORY WOULD PRACTICALLY GUARANTEE

THAT YOUR NAME WOULD BE BLACKENED.

NATHANAEL, I KNOW ALL THAT,

BUT THE OBJECTIVE OF THIS WAR

IS NOT SPARING MY REPUTATION.

IT IS FREEDOM.

WE'VE BEEN ON THE RUN, NATHANAEL.

WE NEED A VICTORY AGAINST THE BRITISH.

GENERAL LEE IS A PROFESSIONAL SOLDIER. I AM NOT.

HE IS ENGLISH AND KNOWS THEIR TACTICS.

I HAVE ONLY DETERMINATION AND A SMALL QUANTITY OF GOOD SENSE.

NO, GENERAL LEE IS OUR LAST BEST HOPE.

I KNEW WASHINGTON HAD A REASON.

GENERAL WASHINGTON, AN URGENT DISPATCH!

[NEIGHING]

Nathanael: GENERAL, WHAT IS IT?

IT'S LEE. HE'S BEEN CAPTURED.

THE BRITISH DEFEATED LEE'S TROOPS?

NO, THERE WAS NO BATTLE.

IT APPEARS LEE WAS TAKING HIS EASE AT AN INN

6 MILES FROM HIS TROOPS.

ALL HE HAD WITH HIM WERE 6 MEN.

THE ARROGANT FOOL!

18 DAYS TILL ENLISTMENTS RUN OUT

AND ALL MY SOLDIERS MARCH HOME.

WHAT AM I TO DO?

Man: GENERAL WASHINGTON.

IT'S THOMAS PAINE.

GENERAL.

THOMAS.

SARAH, JAMES, AND, UH, HENRI.

YOU KNOW MY YOUNG FRIENDS.

MR. PAINE. WE MET A YEAR AGO IN PHILADELPHIA

WHEN HE WAS WRITING COMMON SENSE.

TOM, I ASKED TO MEET,

THINKING YOU COULD WRITE A FEW WORDS

TO CELEBRATE A VICTORY.

IT APPEARS I MUST ASK A GREAT DEAL MORE.

WE ARE LOOKING FOR PAINE, THE WRITER?

HA. WE SHOULD BE LOOKING FOR SWORDS AND BIG GUNS.

I'M WORRIED ABOUT MR. PAINE.

I KNOW HE TOLD WASHINGTON

HE'D WRITE SOMETHING TO ROUSE THE MEN'S SPIRITS

SO THEY'LL STAY ON,

BUT HE LOOKED SO TROUBLED.

James: SARAH!

GOOD EVENING.

FORGIVE US. WE DON'T WISH TO IMPOSE.

NOT AT ALL. IT'S I WHO SHOULD ASK PARDON.

I DESPISE MOODY MEN

WHO FRET OVER A BROKEN THING ETERNALLY

RATHER THAN TAKE 2 MINUTES AND A NAIL TO FIX IT.

MY DIFFICULTY IS I CAN'T SEEM TO FIND A NAIL.

YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT TO WRITE?

YOU KNOW, WHENEVER I HAVE TROUBLE GETTING STARTED,

I TRY HUMMING.

JAMES! LEAVE THE MAN ALONE.

IT'S ALL RIGHT. I STARTED PUTTING DOWN THOUGHTS

WEEKS BEFORE THE GENERAL SUMMONED ME,

ONLY THE WORDS KEEP TANGLING IN KNOTS.

BUT YOU MUST KNOW WHAT TO SAY.

YOUR WORDS BROUGHT THEM HERE IN THE FIRST PLACE.

WHAT CAN I SAY TO HOLD THEM?

WHAT HAVE I THE RIGHT TO SAY?

THEY'VE ALL FOUGHT SO WELL AND SO HARD.

PERHAPS IT'S KINDEST FOR IT TO END NOW.

SOON AS I'M OLD ENOUGH,

I AND OTHERS LIKE ME WILL TAKE UP THE FIGHT.

AND SO YOU WOULD. ALL THAT WE FAIL IN WILL FALL TO YOU.

WRITE ABOUT VICTORY. WRITE ABOUT GLORY.

NO. THEY'VE HAD ENOUGH FALSE PROMISES.

Henri: WHAT IS HE WRITING?

"THESE ARE THE TIMES THAT TRY MEN'S SOULS."

Thomas: I'LL BE MOVING QUICKLY.

THE GENERAL REQUESTED I SEE TO THE PRINTING

AND HAVE COPIES BACK BEFORE CHRISTMAS.

STILL CERTAIN YOU WANT TO COME WITH ME?

IT'S A LONG WALK.

BUT WHY BEFORE CHRISTMAS?

ENLISTMENTS AREN'T UP TILL MONTH'S END.

TIME WAITS FOR NO MAN-- OR WOMAN.

TO PHILADELPHIA!

I JUST CAME FROM THERE, AND YOU WANT ME TO WALK BACK?

SORRY, HENRI, BUT THE ARMY CAN'T SPARE ANY HORSES.

COME, HENRI. IT'S ONLY 30 MILES.

[HENRI GROANS]

PHILADELPHIA.

AT LAST.

OH. HOME AT LAST.

NO PLACE LIKE IT.

I'M NOT SO SURE.

Sarah: WHERE IS EVERYBODY?

LOOKS LIKE PEOPLE LEFT IN A HURRY.

HERE COMES SOMEONE.

PARDON ME. WHERE IS EVERYONE?

THEY FLED TOWN.

WE'RE GOING TO MY COUSIN'S IN BALTIMORE.

WE'LL BE SAFER THERE.

SAFER?

Man: WASHINGTON CAN'T STOP HOWE.

THE REVOLUTION'S OVER.

I HAVE NO INTENTION

OF STAYING IN PHILADELPHIA.

LOOK.

THE DOOR'S WIDE OPEN.

[GROANS]

MOSES!

Moses: I GUESS I OFFENDED THE WRONG PEOPLE.

I MANAGED TO DRIVE THEM OFF,

BUT THEY STILL DID SOME DAMAGE.

I SHOULDN'T BE SPEAKING TO YOU.

YOU RAN OFF AND ONLY LEFT A NOTE.

WELL, I DIDN'T WANT TO MISS THE BATTLE.

Thomas: THE BATTLE'S EVERYWHERE, HENRI.

AS YOU CAN SEE, THIS IS A CITIZEN'S WAR.

THIS SHOULD MAKE YOU FEEL BETTER.

THANK YOU.

WHAT IS HAPPENING?

WHY ARE PATRIOTS LEAVING THE CITY?